. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CRI/111 
24 February 2011 
 (11-0945) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   COSTA RICA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Centro de Información de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (TBT Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio – MEIC  
(Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade) 
Apartado Postal. 10216-1000 
Tel.:  +(506) 2235-2700, Ext. 264 Fax:  +(506) 2297-1439 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr
 
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   71.020 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  RTCR 450:2011, 
Reglamento para la Notificación de Materias Primas, Registro, Importación, Etiquetado y 
Control de Productos Químicos Peligrosos (Costa Rican Technical Regulation (RTCR) 
No. 450:2011:  Regulation on the notification of raw materials and the registration, importation, labelling and control of hazardous  chemicals) (106 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Technical Regulation establishes requirements and 
procedures for the registration, importation, labelling and control of hazardous chemicals 
and other products that have been declared hazardous by the Ministry of Health of 
Costa Rica), in accordance with the criteria set forth in Annex 1 of the Guide for the 
Classification of Hazardous Chemicals ( Guía para la Clasificaci ón de Productos Químicos 
Peligrosos ). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health  G/TBT/N/CRI/111 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
• Recommendations on the Transport of Da ngerous Goods - Model Regulations.  
United Nations, New York/Geneva.  Website:  
 http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev13/13files_e.html
 
• Globally Harmonized System of Classifica tion and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), 
United Nations, New York/Geneva, 2005.  Website: 
 http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_rev01/01files_e.html  
• International Agency for Research on Can cer (IARC), list of substances classified 
as carcinogenic to humans, Group 1.  Website:  
 http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body: 
Centro de Información de Obstácu los Técnicos al Comercio OTC 
San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2235 2700, Ext. 264 Fax: (+506) 2297 1439 Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/
 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Full text available at:  http://www.reglatec.go.cr/prNacionalOMC.htm  
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